Tag: VKS
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How to Run Workloads in VCF Automation: VM Service, Container Service, Namespaces and VKS (VCF Automation 9 Series, Part 39)
VCF 9.1 gives a workload four ways to run: a VM, a container with no cluster, a Supervisor namespace, or a full VKS cluster. What each is, how the namespace is the unit you hand a tenant, when a namespace beats a cluster, and a clear verdict.
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Kubernetes and VKS Self-Service in VCF Automation: The All Apps Organization (VCF Automation 9 Series, Part 26)
How the All Apps organization in VCF Automation turns VKS clusters and VMs into self-service catalog items, with a real Cluster blueprint, the namespace hierarchy, and the guardrails that keep tenants honest.
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VKS Day-2 Operations: Backup, Multi-Tenancy and Capacity (VKS Series, Part 16)
Day-2 is where a VKS platform quietly succeeds or rots. Here is the hard line between infrastructure and app backup, the multi-tenancy spectrum, and the capacity math that bites late.
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VKS: The Verdict and When to Use It vs Alternatives (VKS Series, Part 17)
VKS is not trying to be OpenShift, and judging it that way gets the decision wrong. Here is an honest verdict versus the alternatives, and where VKS genuinely earns its place.
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Deploying Applications on VKS with GitOps: Argo CD, Flux and Helm (VKS Series, Part 13)
Application delivery on VKS is just Kubernetes; Argo CD, Flux and Helm work unchanged. Here is the honest boundary, and the four VKS-specific wiring points that trip people up.
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Running GPU and AI Workloads on VKS (VKS Series, Part 14)
GPUs are where VKS stops being interchangeable with generic Kubernetes. Here is the vGPU VM class, the GPU Operator, and how VKS becomes the substrate for VMware Private AI.
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Troubleshooting VKS: The Failure Modes That Actually Bite (VKS Series, Part 15)
Most VKS failures fall into three families, and all three are diagnosed from the same place. Here is the triage habit that turns a stuck cluster into a named cause fast.
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Securing VKS Clusters: RBAC, Pod Security and Namespace Isolation (VKS Series, Part 10)
VKS security is two layers people constantly blur. Here is who runs a cluster versus who uses it, and the four controls that real tenant isolation actually needs.
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Observability for VKS: Metrics, Logs and VCF Operations (VKS Series, Part 11)
Kubernetes-only tooling is blind below the node. Here is how metrics, logs and VCF Operations fit together so you can tell the app from the cluster from the infrastructure.
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Upgrading VKS: Kubernetes Versions, the Service and Rolling Node Replacement (VKS Series, Part 12)
VKS upgrades decouple the platform from the cluster and roll nodes one at a time. Here is the model, the version-skew gating, and why most stuck upgrades are preconditions, not the engine.
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Load Balancing and Ingress for VKS: NSX Native vs Avi (VKS Series, Part 7)
A LoadBalancer service gets its IP from the Supervisor, not the cluster. Here is how the Layer 4 defaults compare with Avi Layer 7, and when the extra component earns its place.
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VKS Storage: vSphere CSI, Storage Policies and Persistent Volumes (VKS Series, Part 8)
VKS storage is the vSphere CSI stack in Kubernetes clothes. Here is how a PVC becomes a disk, why RWX and cross-zone resilience break designs, and what to do about it.
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Dr Pranay Jha
Dr. Pranay Jha is a Cloud and AI Consultant with 18+ years of experience in hybrid cloud, virtualization, and enterprise infrastructure transformation. He specializes in VMware technologies, multi-cloud strategy, and Generative AI solutions. He holds a PhD in Computer Applications with research focused on Cloud and AI, has published multiple research papers, and has been a VMware vExpert since 2016 and a VMUG Community Leader.
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